*Note from Jaime: these entries are all so old but I can't bring myself to delete them! Maybe someday I'll add more...

This makes the third week of revising my new manuscript. Week 3. Over 21 days. It feels like way, way longer than that. Like years...

Every October I'm reminded of the time I met Joan Bauer. I'd joined a critique group and one of my critique partners compared my story to...

I’ve sort of been thinking of the journey to publication like hiking up a mountain. There are all these obstacles, but for the most part,...

Recently I took a break from a manuscript.  I have a first draft. Hooray! But it needs so much work and time to make it better. Three...

My son once asked if I knew that crowned eagles ate baby cantaloupes. I never told him he'd misheard or misunderstood, and it was...

Finishing my first book felt like such an accomplishment. I still remember printing off those almost two-hundred pages and staring at...

Everyone knows that waiting is part of the publishing business. But what I didn't really understand is what that's actually like. It's...

What you see on the right is my picture. What you see on the left is a portrait my 6-year-old drew of me recently. He worked so hard. He...

I’ve been working on this middle grade magical realism story since before my now two-year-old was born. The first draft is such a...

I love that I get to write, that my life has turned out in such a way that I have the time to sit and think and read and write stories....

My family hikes almost every weekend. We often go to the exact same trail, but it always looks a bit different, reminding me what an...

Revising is hard. Really hard. I keep reminding myself that this hard work will pay off, that it will make the story better, that...

My two-year-old ripped the wrapping off his first present, clutched it to his chest, and yelled, "A box. Me love it!"  Then we got him to...

​ I love rules, and better yet, handbooks, so I can refer back to the rules I’ve forgotten. My middle son has chosen a different route....

I need to shovel my walk. But I can think of at least 5 better things to do.